Karen Byrne
VP candidate for Common Citizens of the United States of America (2000)
Running mate with nominee: David C. Byrne (b. 1964)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
David C. Byrne and his wife Karen moved from Miami to Atlanta in May 2000. Also in that year they ran for President and Vice-President of the United States. Byrne was a digital technician for BellSouth.
Jim Galloway of the Atlanta Constitution described the campaign:
David had a two-state strategy for taking the White House. "I tried for Missouri," he said. But upon petitioning that state to become a write-in candidate, David hadn't identified 11 electors for the electoral college. He didn't know 11 people in Missouri.
By then it was a week before the Election Day, and Alaska was the only state open to him. David spent $3 on a certified letter declaring his candidacy, their only campaign expense.
Their sole campaign swing was a trip to the local Kodiak Grill, in case someone there knew someone in Alaska.
Since 2000 Byrne has run for the office of Governor of Georgia five times and for President in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016-- always as a write-in.
Apparently a certified write-in in Alaska only, the Last Frontier did not itemize that category of vote.
Since both of the Byrnes were residents of the same state, there would have been a Constitutional problem in the event of their victory.
Election history: none
Other occupations: ?
Notes:
I could not identify Byrne's 2004 VP, if he indeed had one.
